Winter is not a season

[faithfulsupport]

Who; Everyone (don't forget to tag in & tag around!)
What; The Winter Festival
Where; The circus complex and the park
When; Today & lasting for 1 week
Warnings; None, but if something needs a warning, please label as such!




Back in November, Ignis petitioned Halcyn for a Winter Festival. He requested snow, lots of lights, and an in ground hot tub or two or more.

Train/moogles/horses - There's also a small train to go ride around the city, and horses will again appear for sleigh rides. Moogles will be appearing/on hand to give directions to where things are if people get lost. They are also serving as sources of information in case someone doesn't know anything about a festival or activity. Just ask the moogle kupo!

Food/shopping - Ignis also learned of and requested that European style christmas markets (including Japanese ones) so all of the foods for those countries and all of the things/traditions that they are associated with will be available. Whatever country has what, feel free to learn about it, or whatever different world. Recipe books will be available for whatever place too so pick one up while you can because you might want to learn to cook it for yourself! (Sorry folks, Remy not included) Enjoy all the shopping and fooding even if you've never heard of that place, world or food before. So eat, drink and be merry!

Activities/things to do - Skiing, sledding, skating and tobogganing will be available and if you're really tough, maybe archery hunting in skis may appeal. Riding on a ski lift can be a relaxing thing to do as well. Snowboarding is available as well, but a few words of caution on that. There may be sledding moogles as you go, lots of trees to run into, balloons, and if you hit an igloo, there may be an angry moogle that throws a table at you. There are also snow chocobos and snow moogles along that path.

For those not so daring to go snowboarding, the snow moogles and snow chocobos will be around town in different spots so that they're not missed. And while they won't throw snowballs at you, your friends just might! And you can ride a horse to go see a model of a royal library. A word of caution however, as there may be monsters even if they're mostly slimecicles. There may be some Luminous Lamplings or Bongo Fandangos lurking about too.


Other activities/happenings - There will also be events and things for the Chinese New Year, such as lion dances, all sorts of traditional foods, decorations, fire works, firecrackers and kids might get red envelopes. Since it is now the Year of the Rabbit, adorable rabbit decorations of all sorts are everywhere. On the last day of this Winter event will be the Lantern Festival.

Something else to note - If you're feeling adventurous there's a place or two to get married! The Hunting Lodge is always open so you could married there too! Take a walk through some Christmas illuminations for romance, or just because they're pretty.

Other notes - People from home will appear this week too as it's a fourth wall event, so be on the lookout for them! And if all of this stuff doesn't work, feel free to choose your own wintry adventure!

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Gladiolus Amicitia | FFXV | OTA | Fourth Waller

[ziedrich_bearer]

I. Moogles Are Real?

This wasn't quite what he'd expected today. Being in a random place that reminded him of the old festivals that used to happen in Lestallum wasn't high on the list of expectations when someone was living in the Long Night. But damn, there was something even weirder here.

"Hey, anyone willing to snap a picture for me?" he said, pulling his phone out of his pocket. There was NO WAY he was not getting a picture of him with honest to Astrals moogles to show Iris. This is so fucking cool.

II. Hot Tub Time

Gladio'd always had some pretty serious tolerance for the cold, perhaps because he'd spent so much of his youth when not working barely having a talking relationship with the idea of shirts. But there was a difference between handling the cold and enjoying the cold. The best way of enjoying the cold, after all, was with some serious warmth to help you through it. And was there a better choice than slipping into a beautiful hot tub with a great view?

Gladio leaned back in the water, letting his eyes close. This was perfect, this was refreshing, this was a vacation he'd needed for years. Nothing would drive him away from it, not even the sound of someone else joining him in the hot tub. Without opening his eyes he raised his fingers to offer a brief wave.

"Yo."

III. Food Is Worth It

It had been so long since Gladio had been treated to an amazing meal. You got what you got in the basically apocalypse of his world, and while he still didn't fully understand where he was or why, there was no denying that the food was amazing. Sure, it wasn't amazing that they didn't have ramen, but there was so many forms of noodles, and there was fresh fruit, and hell, he was so excited about this.

Gladio had basically acquired a large tray he had found elsewhere, and moved around the markets, loading it up. Once he had himself loaded he found himself looking around to try and find somewhere to sit. At last he sighed.

"Anyone know where I can find a table?"

Moogles

[areasontohope]

Yuki was wandering around although his fiancee' wasn't far behind. There was another plush rabbit he'd wanted to get a hold of and bring home, and so he needed to go get it and meet back up with Jacob.

A little girl got in front of him and so Yuki waited. And as he did, he heard someone requesting to take a picture of him with one of the moogles that had appeared.

Plush rabbit was going to have to wait a minute, so he kept a polite distance from the rather tall and ruggedly built gentleman.

"I can take a picture for you if you'd like."

[ziedrich_bearer]

"Awesome," Gladio said with a grin, handing over his smart phone. "My sister loves Moogles. I've gotta show her this."

Because he knows he's going home. He's got to go home. Nothing else makes sense.

[areasontohope]

Yuki took the smart phone and smiled as he stepped back, getting the camera ready.

By the sound of it, he wasn't sure as to whether this man's sister was here or not, but it only took him a moment to capture the moment, and he handed it back.

"They've never shown up here before."

[ziedrich_bearer]

Once the picture is done he takes the phone and pockets it, leaving the moogle with a little wave.

"Yeah, neither have I. Maybe they came for me."

[areasontohope]

He wasn't sure what to make of the wave at the moogle because Yuki wasn't really sure that they understood things even if he had heard them talk.

But he smiled up at the stranger. "Maybe they came with you?"

[ziedrich_bearer]

Came with him? Nah, Gladio doesn't believe that.

"They seem to have gotten things set up well here."

Hot tub

[fatedsacrifice]

It took him awhile to work up the nerve to get into the hot tub, even with Gladio sitting in it already. He had been served a drink by some moogle and was told it was apple cider. So he knocked it back and then went out into the freezing cold.

It was about as cold as when he summoned Shiva back home, or colder. And at least then he had a lot more clothes on.

"Hey." Noctis replied in return as soon as he talked himself getting into the hot water. It was better than just standing there and freezing his ass off.

[ziedrich_bearer]

Well, there he was, the man of the hour. Gladiolus looked at him, at his hair, at his facial hair.

"Well, someone needs a trim," he said, gesturing to Noctis. "Been a while."

[fatedsacrifice]

"Ya.." The shield's comments had him reach a hand to his neck. "I..I just got here I think. And then I was told about all of this stuff from a moogle."

His face definitely showed his confusion as he sank down into the hot water.

[ziedrich_bearer]

"Are you... okay?" Gladio asked, looking at Noctis. Because the guy was... well, they'd been separated by the years, there's no doubt there.

[fatedsacrifice]

The king shrunk down under the water, trying to hide some scars. "Ya, fine, never better. Why do you ask?"

[ziedrich_bearer]

"Been a long time. You think I'm not going to ask my charge what the hell is up?"

Don't be crazy, Noctis.

Food

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis had blinked several times while he was helping to serve meals. The man he'd seen walking around was so familiar although he'd only seen him from the back. Excusing himself, he dared to follow behind a good distance and stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the man speaking.

How in the Six was he here?

So he moved his long legs and tried to sound as nonchalant as he could and folded his arms across his chest.

"There's a perfectly serviceable table behind you if you would but look."

[ziedrich_bearer]

Well, now there was a voice he wasn't expecting. Gladiolus turned toward it and then was beaming.

"Well fuck, never expected to see you here, Iggy. Guess I'm kidnapping you to said table."

[faithfulsupport]

It was so odd to see Gladio standing here, speaking with him. And it made him wonder if the King and Prompto had accompanied him, but there was time for that so he smirked.

"I daresay you can't kidnap the willing."

That was said as he accompanied Gladio to said table.

[ziedrich_bearer]

"I'd suggest that you actually can," Gladio laughs as he moves toward the table. "So, strange world, not expected. You seem sorta comfortable here. I'm guessing more than just a few hours here?"

IT definitely helped that, well, Gladio could see the ring Ignis was wearing. That definitely implied some things.

[faithfulsupport]

The shield's answer was definitely one that Ignis would rightly expect to hear, but he still laughed.

Looking at the other man now, he nodded. "According to my time, I have been here for nearly three years. But what was the last thing that you recall?"

He'd heard time stopped and now it was time to see if that held true.

[ziedrich_bearer]

Three years!? Gladio looks a bit shocked.

"Last thing? I just got back to Lestallum from a hunt with one of my teams. We brought in a rather large take of garulla meat, which was shocking because it's so hard to find them these days. I was going to find you, see what your latest research had determined."

III

[castoredux]

Shinjiro hadn't even originally planned on checking this place out, but festivals were known for food, and if there was one hobby that could almost always capture his attention it was food. He wasn't overt about it, just browsing the food stalls and listening to various bits of conversation from one place or another, getting the lowdown from different vendors on the food scene without being an active participant.

That was assuming, of course, that these vendors were even from around here.

Looked over at the guy who asked about seating as he passed a baker's stall and raised an eyebrow at the tray Gladio was carrying.

"Hungry?"

[ziedrich_bearer]

"Damn hungry," Gladio agreed with a nod, and he needed to enjoy it. "Haven't had a good meal in almost a decade."

[castoredux]

"A decade, huh? Shit." Maybe the guy was older than he looked. A decade ago, Shinjiro was 8. "They got anything good around here?"

[ziedrich_bearer]

Good around here? Gladio considers briefly.

"Saw a stand back there doing some really good ramen. That's something," he says. "Missed that a lot."

[castoredux]

He chuckled softly at that. "Yeah. I know a guy back home who'd say the same. Maybe I should check it out."

[ziedrich_bearer]

"Must be a smart man," he says with a grin. Ain't anything quite like the delight of ramen.